FROM LAST TO FIRST | Scurlogue Champ's Best Finishes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 เม.ย. 2020
- Scurlogue Champ would be renowned for one of the strongest finishes ever seen over long-distance racing. The crowds would adore him and could not believe how he could win his races from being so far behind.
Scurlogue Champ is a famous racing greyhound from the 1980s. Along with Mick the Miller and Ballyregan Bob he is arguably one of the greatest three hounds that ever raced in Britain.
"Whenever he ran, you'd be forced to park and walk a long way away from the track. Nobody minded. He drew people from all over Britain, and amazed them. He was the ultimate showman."
Early Life:
Scurlogue Champ was a black dog whelped in July 1982 by Sand Man, out of Old Rip. He was bred by Francis Kent from Levittstown, County Wexford and was one of a litter of six dogs and two bitches. He moved to John Byrne on a farm where he received his name before being sold to Jim Sutton, who reared him.
After several races in Ireland he was put up for sale at the May 1984 Shelbourne Park sales. Owner/trainer Ken Peckham took him to England, after agreeing a price for £1,700, with Irish trainer Brendan Matthews who had won the sales bidding at 1500 guineas.
Was amazed at the lack of the tribute / montage / documentary videos there are on Scurlogue Champ on TH-cam so decided to put this together.
Races featured in order:
1. Scurlogue Champ Wembley May 30th 1985 - • Scurlogue Champ Wemble...
2. RAMSGATE, 1-7-85...SCURLOGUE CHAMP, TRACK RECORD - • RAMSGATE, 1-7-85...SCU...
3. Scurlogue Champ - TV Trophy Final 1986 - • Scurlogue Champ - TV T...
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5. CATFORD , 5-6-85....SCURLOGUE CHAMP , TRACK RECORD - • CATFORD , 5-6-85....SC...
Sound bites are taken from this documentary: • CHAMPIONS...MICK THE M... - กีฬา
Privileged to have watched Westpark Mustard, Ballyreagan Bob & Scurlogue Champ we saluted you thanks for all the amazing nights
When I feel down I just need to watch this awesome scurlogue video to get me back on fire. Thanks Scurlogue for all what you have done for this sport.
And me at 82
Wonderful dog very many happy memories
I’m doing that right now
Witnessed many wins by Scurlogue. An incredible greyhound with immense intelligence.
I have never seen a dog gobble up a field in such short distance. This dog is an absolute freak of nature. One of the most amazing things I have ever witnessed.
I’ve seen some amazing and wired things at dog tracks, but this is quite unbelievable! I’ve never witness a race this long either.
@@davethompson3140 there's always a few 942m races at towcester mate I bet on it last week
Wow just wow!
What an absolute fantastic boy....you are simply the best Scurlogue Champ.
No match for ballyregan bob
@@andrewwilliams8712u cant say that. Both broke records. The 1 tine they met champ got lame. Champ didnt set track records by being slow
Pleasure to watch best greyhound ever thanks for posting
Wow greatest champ scurlouge champ amazing greyhound what a champion 👏 there's the champ look at the speed
What a champ! We train greyhounds, and l have never seen anything like that! I hope his in dog heaven!
I know dog racing isn’t everybody’s cup of tea but you just have to watch in awe. It ran at Shawfield and I think it went off at 1/3. See when they passed the winning line with a circuit to go everybody just thought this dogs got no chance....must’ve been 15 lengths down. The rest is history,,,,,
I’m still a massive fan
What a CHAMPION 🐈
What an absolute legend!
What a dog! Amazing !
Brings tears to my eyes memory's flooding back what great times 👏👏👏👏👏
Incredible dog, my favourite ever
One of the Greatest dogs to grace the track... A true icon and Legend of Greyhound racing
I love greyhounds.
Never will you see the likes of him ever again, what a performance from the champ.
I worked at Clapton Stadium for Jimmy Jowett in the 1960's and loved it, we had great dogs like Lucky Hi There who won 16 in a row. as well as the Tv trophy and the St Leger so I can see the greatness in this fabulous greyhound, thanks for sharing this...
As a little boy, I used to kick a ball around Millfields recreation ground.....Would loved to have gone to the stadium but dad wouldn't take me. Now they've all closed in London. What a video! Thanks for posting..
Amazing. Absolutely amazing.
He was the greatest marathon greyhound ever.
It was my privilege to travel all over the country to see him in action.
I have never seen so many people turn up for one dog....Scurlogue Champ would treble the attendance at stadiums...a unique performer ......wooooosh! ...how did he do it?.....but he had you coming back for more....those were the days!
Omly saw him once when stopped against the mighty ballyregan Bob,
Disgusting
Do you know swift fantasy
I just love watching them run, and when a truly special dog comes along that like you said moves the needle for track attendance and handle AND performs like Champ nothing better. I'm jealous and hope you folks across the pond appreciate that you stll get to go to the races . In the states it's dead, and so sad. I think there are like 4 tracks maybe 3 still operating and they're on borrowed time. When the Florida ban went into effect that was all she wrote there was still 9-10 tracks at the time it was voted through easily in what was supposed to be a close vote. I had the privelage of living near Multnomah Greyhound Park in Portland, OR where i saw 1986 GROC winner Ben G Speedboat run for several years, and local dog Daring Don win in 1990 when Multnomah hosted the Race of Champions which had anywhere over the years between $125,000 and $250,000 in prize money with 1/2 to the winner. I also at Multnomah watched for better part of 3 summers in a row 1988-90 watch one of the best US pure sprinters of all time He's My Man whose rush to the 1st turn was awesome.There in the late 80's early 90's i'd say across the country between the 550yd and 670yd stakes races 2 dozen or more that had $100,000 in prize money. there was even 2 or 3 Invitational no qualifying 100,000 races , it was AWESOME. Then 10 years in Denver working less than a mile from Mile High Greyhound Park and so many Oshkosh dogs i can't keep track, 89' GROC winner Oshkosh Juliet and her littermate Oshkosh Lively also made the final as well !, 2X All-american and capt. Oshkosh Racey who made a won stakes finals at both distances. As well as a dog very similar in style to Scurlogue Champ Oshkosh Rambo who could bring the crowd to their feet coming from 20 lengths or more as they hit the stretch turn and made it seem the others were running in quicksand he went by them so fast it took your breath away... Or at least mine anyway lol. Maybe the best of all cut down by a career ending injury after 7 races at Mile High 5 of them setting and resetting the track record "Molotov" . if you search youtube there are several videos of him.and another by injury when they escaped the kennel and got out on pavement and ruined his pads and a leg injury to boot, oh shit what was his Oh "Vaporize" Sorry got nostalgic there, but so many great summer memories at those 2 fantastic facilities that had some of the best dogs in the country year after year. I miss it for sure
There was another dog that won 32 in arow back Berlgue Bob think it was and during the one their race together champ came up lame in the front turn I'm not sure he could have caught that dog but it would have been interesting to watch Too bad you went down and just And that race think it was that Wimbledon
The greatest stayer of all time. Never worth a bet but a pleasure just to watch him run.
Ballyregan Bob so much better
@@andrewwilliams8712 not over the longer distance check times the bob rarely ran over the same distance but not 10 bends 8 bends
I watched this legend at White city early in his journey,not knowing I was witnessing the greatest sporting events of my life, what with Ballyregan Bob also in those days,it was the halcyon time for dog racing.This fella came from a mile away,and Bob from the front.Never to be forgotten the legend CHAMP and Superstar BOB.XX
Went to the greyhound racing at White City once with the family when I was a kid in 1974. I fondly remember watching a few of Scurlogue Champ's races on telly (ITV used to show them sometimes late on midweek evenings,I think - perhaps they were part of their Midweek Sport Special programme).
This was the time of great greyhounds and racing , I loved it then had dogs myself then great times . Shame it’s not the same now
I heard that the tote is trying to get grey hound racing back up to standards
It's rigged the whole lot
what a dog what an era of greyhound racing fantastic
No one will ever see a dog like this EVER again
I was there on his first run at Catford and 1/2 Way thru' there was a storm of Boos as the Punters were certain he was beat as he went further and further behind and.............you can guess the rest :)
Space Jet is a close comparison
Awesome compilation. So many dog tracks closing down. Miss Portsmouth on a Friday night.
That dog is thinking, planning, waiting....then on with the turbo drive ! Magnificent.
The champ knew how to work a crowd, good dog.
that middle pace and the way he took the 2nd last bend at full pace is the most impressive thing for me!
Legend
“He’s moving like a tremendous machine”
Thanks for the video, what a dog that was awesome
That 2nd race made up 15 lengths last to first on ONE straight. Unbeleivable
What a fantastic carpenter Harry Commentator was.
I was lucky enough to watch both him and Ballyregan Bob.
Yep me to. They were pretty inseparable really. In more recent times there was the late late show, but I don’t think he could match these two.
What about poor sue
Ballyregan definitely better. The match at Wembley didn't materialise
@@milesreardon8387 I was at Wembley for that race I think he was sooo far behind lost sight of hare and stopped chasing, I come from Hove so saw ballyregan a few times def the best
Both should've raced as a 2 dog race. Scurlogue champ would've had bob as a guide. I reckon he would've done same.
Wow what a finish in that first race amazing.
Those Were The Days
Wow what a turn of foot so incredible to watch what a super star 🌟
What a blistering turn of foot Scurlogue had...just had an extra gear and cruised through the field....You just have to have a smile on your face and a tear in your eye when you watch these breath-taking performances....I was at Ramsgate...when he won...awesome..
Looked like a very intelligent dog knew which gaps to go through
Couldn't get checked either, too quick to catch a bump!
He always seemed to find the right inside path to use in his comebacks, to echo your intelligence observation. Combine that with innate talent, and you have a champion.
That athlete is the fastest I have ever seen!
Back in the day, Harry Carpenter, Sportsnight on a Wednesday night on BBC1, ten million watching.
As David Coleman said "Harry Commentator is your Carpenter" :)
What a monster greatest greyhound ever.
I was at Wembley the night he was no match for the, mighty ballyregan Bob
@@andrewwilliams8712 oh shut up
Loved The Duke....
What a dog ....the Wembley roar...
Nothing like him since...
Only met the mighty ballyregan Bob and got so far behind lost sight of hare only one champ the mighty ballyregan
@@andrewwilliams8712
Pulled up lame as confirmed by the vet on course...It's well documented..
Ahh... can always tell when someone knows their stuff. Knowing his kennel name was ‘Duke’ is a dead giveaway.
Great video, this Dog is the equivalent to the Horse Seabiscuit another amazing story about a race animal that could let loose another level of speed that was well above the norm. Thank for sharing.
The Winx of greyhound racing
He was beating top class open race dogs such as rosewood girl blue ink bad decision etc he must have broken more track records than any other greyhound in history and his wins to runs % was incredible what a privilage i had to watch this great dog run
One would never train a dog to lay back like this doggie did. Quite amazing.
What a gallop in last 20 seconds
What an intelligent dog. How he checks himself going round the last bend. Most dogs at that speed would have gone into the railings
Absolute champion
greyhounds are the best
4 th August 1986, I was 3 days old. Damnnn
devastating turn of foot pure class
Had so much fun training this particular dog she was very very special indeed. ❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯👍👍👍
Good on you Jonny Rock for putting this together. Thanks !
thankyou for sharing..great tp see this unbelievable beast again
Awesome greyhound, what an absolute champion!
really enjoyed watching this , what a greyhound
That was impressive he had to check his ran at the 3rd last bend to wait for the 5 dog to give him room wow great dog reminds me of westmead hawk
I was there on his first run at Catford and 1/2 Way thru' there was a storm of Boos as the Punters was certain he was beaten as he went further and further behind and.............you can guess the rest :)
Haha so true thank u
@@stevetango3981 Did you used to attend Catford regularly S T 3 ? :)
@@Isleofskye no mt now and again
@@stevetango3981 Cheers Steve !
good boy
This is unreal
A great watch, was at Ramsgate on the nt he ran, doubt we'll see another like the 'Champ' and footage shows how far the sport has declined over years with most of the tracks now gone and hardly any people going, realise a diff time now even so do miss them nights at the track.
Danmmmm goosebumps
He was stuck in first gear when he found second the turbo kicked in and he went like the wind, unbelievable just wow
Never see another one like it
Go on my old cocker, I bet the bookies took a hammering ❤️
What an amazing dog
Hmmm.. Scurlogue or Ballyregan Bob... Hard to choose
Interesting stuff, had no idea there were such iconic dogs in greyhound racing ha
Cheers mate! 1970’s was definitely a golden age for it which is sadly is no more. Hope all is good with you.
You should watch ballyregan bob it goes on for while on you tube
I have watched thousands of dog races. Unlike horse racing, you NEVER see dogs come from last place and win like that. This dog is/was truly amazing. Can you tell me what year he ran?
1984-86
Watch Horse Secretariat (Big Red)
Goosebumps the second video
Massachusetts denied people like me the absolute pleasure of witnessing racing excellence. The best at 5-16ths during the early 70s was an Irish import...Evening Glamour..she ran for Aaron Kulchinsky. Was a smallish sprinter. Ran at Wonderland and Derby Lane. Set the record for distance and consecutive wins at Wonderland.
Beautiful dog brother I got a Lacy mix and he is quick and can jump ..so I can see a little of your dog in him ...the way they love to run is just amazing
You think that the channel owner was this Dogs trainer/owner? 😂
astonishing
The late burst was uncanny.
My great grandad and nan where scurlogues owners they have lots of trophies in their house
There was a dog at Lincoln Greyhound Park by the name of subliner who did the same thing as this dog has been doing from last to first every time. And I was there just about every time to lay down my bet on this dog. At last count SUBLINER had won 18 straight races. Then I got laid up and could not go and put my bet on subliner so I don't know if he extended the 18th straight wins even further and amazing Greyhound to say the least all black and what a closure!
That's a smart do who knew what he was there to do. Always knew the line pretty inspiring stuff your never down and out 🍀✊🏻
Truly a fantastic greyhound, and unfortunately they was never able to use him as a stud dog. I know this as my boss who was a greyhound trainer was very friendly with Ken and pat Peckham.
That 1st race wowzer
Now that was a dog, just knowing when to hit the go button.
I love Garyhound ❤
Went to see him a couple of times the roar from the crowd as he started his run was something i will never forget they were great days
Yes great days - best part of 40 years ago and fondly remembered (Powderhall) - matt hancock in 40 years?
And he's a big boy!
Wow
He deserves a “Ballon d’Og” 🦴 😂
Guerreiroooooooooo Guerreiroooooooooooooo
serious dag boss!
🥺🥺🔥
Him and Ballyregan Bob,both great dogs
THE FASTEST THING ON FOUR LEGS- EVER!!!
There’s a dog at Iowa greyhound park breaks last everytime he hits the quinella every race , most he won was 8 in a row before he lost.
Similar to NZ equivalent - Swift Fantasy. Check out those you tube videos..
I think this Greyhound is deliberately letting the other dogs waste away in the first lap, only to suddenly accelerate 15 km/h faster than the other dogs, so that the second lap is no problem for him to win the race.
It's my uncles dog that passed away sadly
January 1981, Florida. I went to a dog track. I saw a dog who was dead last until they started to turn for home. He blew them away !!! My thought was > what compels a dog to speed up like that ???
Just has tremendous reserves of stamina Bill.
Scurlogue might be the one exception but no dog runs faster on the second lap than they do on the first lap but the others are slowing so it is deceptive.
I saw him at Catford a couple of times. Fantastic :)
@@Isleofskye Just the same with thoroughbreds. They all slow down [except rarely] in each succeeding quarter. "Crawling home" is an apt description of what happens in any animal race.
I watched this dog race many times . It was often pitched against weak opposition , in other words Mr Peckham placed the dog well . Its quite true he was crowd puller . It was also true it had his card marked for "not chasing " , once at a Walthamstow in a Trial . Is a pity his Race card isn't available for inspection . I loved his races , the bookies would always bet him short which meant there were other dogs over priced like Glenowen Queen, but there were many others he avoided at the time , basically anything with a bit of early pace that stayed had a good chance to beat him . He met his nemesis in Ballyregan Bob who achieved much harder feats against top class opposition all the time . Sure he won many races against weak opposition , his run of 16-17 wins was well put together , no issues here. Before Scurlogue there had been others doing it , mainly on Grass tracks where it was easier to do , one in particular was Ubegood who raced off of Slough , same deal really. I guess the PR and the stringing together of the winning run was the main issue . Sure he was great for the Racing game no issues. I still dont believe he lost sight of the hare at Wembley , I was there , he simply stopped chasing as was already known about him from previous instances , pity . He had no realistic chance of beating Bob over 710 . I always felt but never knew for sure was that there was some kind of tacit link to some very well known bookies at the time as the bookies made fortunes out of his races , how not to when he was 1-5 on and could be beaten ! If you look at some of Late Late Shows runs over 500 a while back you'd also see a truly amazing dog with a finish , check it out.
Thanks for that info sir...
Seems a shame to bring down our heroes...but, as always, the bookie's are behind it!!
Both great dogs, but, over the longer distances Scurlogue would be the better dog, he didn't just race against mugs and 20 track records over 663 to 888m speaks for itself, sure over the shorter distances you would have to back Bob but over marathon distances Scurlogue had no equal.
I believe he got beat by the great ballyreagen Bob in a match race could be wrong.
Went lame first bend,Was there 710 metres at Wembley,would never catch BoB over that trip,but 10,000 people turned up anyway,over 800 metres then anybody's guess.Great times this.
But not a match race,a normal one.